A Quote A Day From The Founding Fathers
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A quote a day from the Founding Fathers. The original group of Americans to speak truth to power.
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"nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
April 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"I cannot live without books."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"I cannot live without books."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
" . . . there is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
" . . . there is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- Patrick Henry
- Patrick Henry
March 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- Patrick Henry
- Patrick Henry
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy."
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
March 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy."
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
- James Madison
- James Madison
March 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
- James Madison
- James Madison
"What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment . . . "
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment . . . "
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education & free discussion are the antidotes of both."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education & free discussion are the antidotes of both."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it..."
- John Adams
- John Adams
March 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it..."
- John Adams
- John Adams
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both."
- James Madison
- James Madison
March 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both."
- James Madison
- James Madison
"When a broad table is to be made, and the edges of planks do not fit, the artist takes a little from both, and makes a good joint. In like manner here both sides must part with some of their demands, in order that they may join in some accommodating proposition"
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
March 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"When a broad table is to be made, and the edges of planks do not fit, the artist takes a little from both, and makes a good joint. In like manner here both sides must part with some of their demands, in order that they may join in some accommodating proposition"
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech"
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
March 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech"
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence"
- John Adams
- John Adams
March 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence"
- John Adams
- John Adams
"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm."
- James Madison
- James Madison
March 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm."
- James Madison
- James Madison
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
- James Madison
- James Madison
March 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
- James Madison
- James Madison
"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
- George Washington
- George Washington
March 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
- George Washington
- George Washington
"For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."
- Thomas Paine
- Thomas Paine
March 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."
- Thomas Paine
- Thomas Paine
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it..."
- John Adams
- John Adams
March 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it..."
- John Adams
- John Adams
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
"Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins."
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
March 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins."
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
"And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right from the frame of their nature, to knowledge..."
- John Adams
- John Adams
March 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right from the frame of their nature, to knowledge..."
- John Adams
- John Adams